BTS tops Gaon Chart for May; records highest sales

South Korean boy group band, BTS, tops Gaon Chart for the Best Album of the Month.Facebook/BTSband

The Gaon Music chart is out with its ranking for May's top-rated songs and albums.

BTSs newly launched album, The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever, is heading towards breaking all the sales records in the Korean entertainment industry.

As per reports, the album, which was released on May 2, hit the high spot by selling 100,000 physical copies with in three days of its launch. Furthermore, Young Forever also topped the weekly album sales chart for attaining magic sales of 164,868 copies in a week.

Let us see who are the top rankers in other categories for the bygone month:

Gaon Best Album of the Month

Rank

Album/Artist

Sales

1.

Young Forever - BTS

310,243

2.

Write - Woohyun

78,216

3.

With Love, J - Jessica

69,77

4.

Chrysalis - IOI

59,940

5.

I Just Wanna Dance

56,930

6.

The Clan pt. 1 Lost - Monsta X

47,627

7.

Love & Letter - Seventeen

46, 848

8.

She Is - Jonghyun

45,415

9.

XIAGNATURE - Junsu

39650

10.

Good Luck - AOA

38,924

Gaon Top Downloaded Single of the Month

Rank

Single/Artist

Downloads

1.

RE BYE - Akdong Musician

543,636

2.

Cheer Up - Twice

481,403

3.

How People Move - Akdong Musician

404,985

4.

Dream Girls - IOI

341,870

5.

Woo Ah - Crush

332,482

6.

So so - Baek Ah Yeon

331,047

7.

Hopefully Sky - Eunji ft. Hareem

311,732

8.

Like a Dream - Ben

299,645

9.

Haughty Girl - Akdong Musician

39650

10.

My Lips Warm like - Eddy ft. Lee Sung Kyung

38,924

Gaon Best National Digital Single of the Month

Rank

Single/Artist

1.

Cheer Up - Twice

2.

RE BYE - Akdong Musician

3.

Hopefully Sky - Eunji ft. Hareem

4.

My Lips Warm like - Eddy ft. Lee Sung Kyung

5.

How People Move - Akdong Musician

6.

Woo Ah - Crush

7.

Dream Girls - IOI

8.

What The Spring - 10cm

9.

Like a Dream - Ben

10.

So so - Baek Ah Yeon

The data is compiled by the Korea Music Content Industry Association and sponsored by South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. The aim is to create a national chart for South Korea similar to the Billboard charts of the United States and the Oricon charts of Japan.